Super Women Match-up
Directions: Draw a line between each famous historical figure and her description.
1. She wrote Silent Spring, a book that helped launch a. Eleanor Roosevelt the environmental movement. 2. President Truman called her “First Lady of the b. Barbara McClintock World” for her work on human rights. 3. She was the first woman in space. c. Susan B. Anthony 4. She is known as the “first lady of civil rights” for her refusal to give up her seat on a bus to a white d. Mary McLeod Bethune person. 5. She was the first woman to fly solo across the e. Rachel Carson Atlantic Ocean in 1928. 6. She devoted much of her life working for women’s f. Wilma Rudolph suffrage. 7. This educator founded a school for African g. Amelia Earhart American students that later became a college.
8. She won the Nobel Prize in 1983 for her discovery h. Sally Ride of “jumping genes.”
9. This track and field star won three gold medals at i. Rosa Parks the 1960 Olympics.
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Super Women Match-up Answer Key
1. She wrote Silent Spring, a book that helped a. Eleanor Roosevelt launch the environmental movement. 2. President Truman called her “First Lady b. Barbara McClintock of the World” for her work on human rights. 3. She was the first woman in space. c. Susan B. Anthony 4. She is known as the “first lady of civil rights” for her refusal to give up d. Mary McLeod Bethune her seat on a bus to a white person. 5. She was the first woman to fly solo e. Rachel Carson across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928. 6. She devoted much of her life working f. Wilma Rudolph for women’s suffrage. 7. This educator founded a school for African g. Amelia Earhart American students that later became a college.
8. She won the Nobel Prize in 1983 for her discovery h. Sally Ride of “jumping genes.”
9. This track and field star won three gold medals i. Rosa Parks at the 1960 Olympics.
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It’s Raining, It’s Pouring Word Search Directions: Using the word bank below, find the terms in this word search that describe rain and other kinds of wet weather. Can you think of any other words? Write them at the bottom of this sheet.
Word Bank Damp Glistening Precipitation Soaking Drenching Hail Rain Sopping Drizzle Monsoon Showers Sprinkling Droplets Pouring Slick Wet
G G U G Q D X A M P K Y P N W N E N X R X H C M R O I G O I R I P I I A E A J P N W Q K O L L Z C I S Z P I I P U A S K I Z Z L S O H N R D I O P N D L I W S C I W M K I S E I Q E M G N I N E T S I L G R R O G E R X A Z S Z H A C P N P R A T D R O P L E T S S T D I S R E W O H S F E O X O N N D E A L N E U W O N O M A T D G D A M P C N
Words that describe rain and other kinds of wet weather:
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It’s Raining, It’s Pouring Word Search Answer Key
Directions: Using the word bank below, find the terms in this word search that describe rain and other kinds of wet weather. Can you think of any other words? Write them at the bottom of this sheet.
Word Bank Damp Glistening Precipitation Soaking Drenching Hail Rain Sopping Drizzle Monsoon Showers Sprinkling Droplets Pouring Slick Wet
G G U G Q D X A M P K Y P N W N E N X R X H C M R O I G O I R I P I I A E A J P N W Q K O L L Z C I S Z P I I P U A S K I Z Z L S O H N R D I O P N D L I W S C I W M K I S E I Q E M G N I N E T S I L G R R O G E R X A Z S Z H A C P N P R A T D R O P L E T S S T D I S R E W O H S F E O X O N N D E A L N E U W O N O M A T D G D A M P C N
Words that describe rain and other kinds of wet weather: (Answers will vary)
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